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Recognised as Colour

#E8A179

  • #E8A179
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#E8A179 is a orange with RGB values 232, 161, 121 and HSL 22°, 71%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#E8A179#E8A179
HEX#E8A179
RGBrgb(232, 161, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6314, 0.4745
RGB percentages91%, 63.1%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(21.6, 70.7%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.6, 47.8%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 30.6%, 47.8%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,245,689
CSS custom property--colour: #E8A179;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#175E86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A876no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5B779no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#F99497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 7.7Light salmon · ΔE 10.4Sandy brown · ΔE 15.6Burlywood · ΔE 15.6Tan · ΔE 18.4Peru · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C0E8
Analogous#E87989, #E8D979
Triadic#79E8A1, #A179E8
Split complementary#79E8D9, #7988E8
Tetradic#89E879, #79C0E8, #D979E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDFC
Lighter +20%#F7DED0
Lighter +10%#EFC0A5
Darker −10%#E1824D
Darker −20%#D66525
Darker −30%#AB501D
Darker −40%#7F3C16
More saturated +25%#FC9C65
Less saturated −25%#D4A68D

Channel breakdown

R232
G161
B121
Red232 (91%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue21.62°
Saturation (HSL)70.7%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G A1 · B 79

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